Man shot on Harden Street
Police are investigating the Saturday afternoon shooting of a 40-year-old man who was walking near the 2400 block of Harden Street. Nathaniel Mullino, who lives on the block, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center for treatment of a serious injury after the 3:22 p.m. shooting. Anyone with info is asked to call Crimestoppers at…
Man charged in Yamacraw shooting
A Savannah man has been arrested “after a foot chase with Downtown Precinct Patrol officers and detectives following the shooting of a woman in her Yamacraw Village apartment Wednesday,” police say. Brian Aaron Keith, 24, of 5016 Gerald Avenue, has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, obstruction and reckless conduct…
New Chatham County manager hired
The hiring of Lee Smith, of Goldsboro, N.C., was approved by the Chatham County Commission today. after a nine-month search involving over 40 candidates. Smith, 49, will replace retiring County Manager Russ Abolt on May 12. For the past 13 years Smith has been county manager of Wayne County, N.C. Prior to his resignation from…
Wet Willie’s hosts Kiss-A-Pig events
Wet Willie’s and Phi Pigma Kappa, a team of local business women and 2014 Kiss-A-Pig contenders, kick off this year’s Kiss-A-Pig Campaign with a Wipeout Diabetes Beach Bash weekend fundraiser featuring two new sugar-free daiquiris to help create diabetes awareness and raise money for the mission of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). The annual Kiss-a-Pig…
SAV hosts state County Commissioners convention
Now through April 15, the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) will celebrate its 100th anniversary at its annual convention at the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center. “More than 1,500 county commission representatives from each of Georgia’s 159 counties will create an economic impact of more than $850,000 over the convention’s duration,” a…
April 21 is registration deadline for May 20 election; app available
Just a reminder that Georgians must be registered to vote by April 21 in order to participate in the May 20 Primary Election. Also on May 20 is the nonpartisan general election for Chatham County School Board President. “Every Georgian should have the opportunity to vote in the May 20th Primary Election,” says Ga. Secretary…
Police Chief update comes Thursday morning
There will be a public meeting of the SCMPD Public Policy Committee at City Hall Thursday morning, including an update to City Council on the recruitment of a new police chief, and an “open discussion” on the existing merger agreement between the city and county to merge the Savannah Police and the former Chatham County…
Ambrose makes a soulful noise
“Yeah, he raps sometimes, and sometimes we play pretty hard, but most of the time we’re trying to be smooth.”
Meet Miss Mary of Dirty Dolls Burlesque
“When you see people light up just because you’re there, that’s the best feeling.”
Horse Feathers: Never say neigh
“I didn’t even realize it had been 10 years, to be honest with you.”
Midnight train to Georgia
ON THEIR WAY TO SAVANNAH IN 1864, Gen. William T. Sherman’s forces tried to capture the Doctortown train trestle over the Altamaha River in Wayne County, Ga. In a fierce day-long battle, they were repulsed by Georgia militia commanding the approach to the bridge with heavy artillery—the only Confederate victory during Sherman’s March to the…
12-year-old shoots, kills, 11-year-old
The boys were handling a gun at a house on the 1400 block of Church Street.
Editor’s Note: Franklin who?
I did catch myself wondering, however, how different things might be here if we put a tenth as much effort into local issues as we do in online contests.
Reader: City’s police chief survey is ‘bogus’
Editor, As quoted by WSAV regarding the hiring of a new police chief: “They (the department) have history,” said (City Manager Stephanie) Cutter. “Someone new coming in has to kind of get a good feel for what that history is. Has to learn the organization. You don’t just come in and boom, make changes impulsively.”…
A miracle grows in Midtown
For this grandiose garden scheme, Carol Greenberg must’ve felt like Noah, wrangling believers on board like a herd of unwilling oxen.
She is #scadstyle
High school senior Izzy Lamb won an all expenses-paid trip to Savannah for SCADstyle, a four-day extravaganza of lectures, events and workshops with some of the world’s most influential style and design leaders.
A toast for the Post
Five days, one island and over 100 types of wines. No, it’s not a flashback of your preferably forgotten spring break. It’s the 6th Annual Tybee Wine Festival, organized and benefitting the Tybee Post Theater. Originally built in 1930 by the U.S. Army to screen movies for soldiers stationed at Fort Screven, the Tybee Theater…
Monster mash-up
Now in its third year, the locally-organized sci-fi, fantasy and gaming convention has grown formidable wings, hosting three days of role-playing and more the Coastal Georgia Center April 11-13.
Army vet turns skills to brewing
Kevin Ryan has love for both beer and business. As his military record shows, he also has a love of country. In his post-Army career, Ryan has found a way to merge these passions into Service Brewing Co.
Bay Street’s new comedy takes dark turns
It’s a world where nothing is as it seems, top is bottom and black is white. And white is, well, off-white.
AASU’s Godspell opens a musical door
“I think that’s what makes this show so classic; the love that is on the stage is not acting.”
